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Hi, I am arriving to JFK from Argentina on Sept 16th at 9am, how long would it take to go through US Immigration and customs? I need to catch a bus to Boston so I might need to calculate time between both transports. Thanks

I fly from Dublin to JFK with connecting flight to Miami on Thur 31st July. I know I will have pre-clearance as an Irish citizen. I will request to check my baggage thro' from Dublin to Miami. But, will I have to collect my luggge at JFK and drop it to connecting flight system? Thankyou.

At JFK you will be considered to be a 'domestic arrival' - you may proceed your journey by going to your connecting gate. Your JFK arrival & departure depends on which airline(s) you are taking. I therefore suggest you open www.ifly.com/jfk, then click on 'Terminal Map' under 'QUICK LINKS', and scroll down to the detailed text.

I'm trying to get my 74-year old father who lives overseas to come for a visit. He hasn't travelled before and does not speak English. Is it possible for me to arrange to meet him at the gate and take him through the immigration and customs? Are there any other options? He won't be able to navigate the airport on his own.

No, you cannot meet him at the gate. You can however meet him after the immigration queue if you're coming into the same terminal. He doesn't have to do much "navigation" as he will be funneled towards the Immigration queue.

Yes, you are allowed to leave the airport. You will have to pass through US Immigration on arrival and when you exit customs you will be outside security. However, you won't have a whole lot of time to do anything. It takes quite a while to get from JFK to anything worth seeing.

Hi, i will be flying in to JFK via Singapore airlines, arriving at 11am. I have a connecting flight to Boston via jetblue at 1:29pm. I have check-in luggage. Is the connecting time sufficient? Also is there anything else that i should take note? Thank you.

Were your tickets purchased separately or together? JetBlue and Singapore do have an interline agreement so if your tickets were purchased together you can re-check them after you clear customs and not have to take them to T5 to re-check. You should have enough time if your first flight is on-time.

On July 31st, I fly from Djublin to JFK on American Airlines arriving into Terminal 8. I continue from Ter 8 to Miami wkith same airline. I have my ESTA. Do I need to collect my bag, and go through immigration? I have 3 hours between flights. Or do I go immigration at Miami?

I am arriving to JFK from Quebec City and have the flight to Amsterdam after two hours. Both flights are KLM. Is 2 hours enough to do all the immigration/security operations and to board my luggage into the second flight?

KLM does not fly to Quebec City. Your Quebec City-JFK flight will be operated by Delta Connection. Since Quebec City does not have Immigration pre-clearance you will arrive in Terminal 4 where you will go through US Immigration, claim your baggage, go through US Customs, then re-check your bags. Then you will go up the departure level and through security and to your departure gate, which will also be in Terminal 4. You should have enough time if your first flight is on-time. You should be issued both boarding passes in Quebec City.

Because any time you enter the US from a foreign country without pre-clearance you have to claim your bags to go through US Customs. They will be tagged through to AMS in YQB but you will have to claim them, go through customs, and re-check them in JFK. There will be a re-check desk after you exit customs.

I have a friends son who is travelling to JFK on his own (16) with Delta from LHR and joining us to fly onto Savannah. We are travelling with BA on the same day and arrive within 30 minutes of each other. Therefore we arrive at different terminals and I wonder what is the best place for us to meet as I presume there is not a central passport control area so need advice about how to find each other?

Only international arrivals need to go through passport control. JFK has 6 terminals, each with specific airlines - if you need to change terminals, I suggest you open www.ifly.com/jfk, then click on 'Terminal Map' under 'QUICK LINKS', and scroll down to the detailed text.